A bill to restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.

3/27/2007--Introduced.
District of Columbia Personal Protection Act - Amends specified law prohibiting the killing of wild birds and wild animals in the District of Columbia to declare that nothing in it or any other provision of law shall authorize or be construed to permit the Council, the Mayor, or any governmental or regulatory authority of the District to prohibit, constructively prohibit, or unduly burden the ability of persons otherwise not prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law from acquiring, possessing in their homes or businesses, or using for sporting, self-protection or other lawful purposes, any firearm neither prohibited by federal law nor subject to the National Firearms Act. Denies the District any authority to enact laws or regulations that discourage or eliminate the private ownership or use of firearms. Amends the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 to repeal the definition of a machine gun as any firearm which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily converted or restored to shoot semiautomatically, more than 12 shots without manual reloading. (Thus repeals the ban on semiautomatic weapons.) Redefines "machine gun" to include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person. Repeals the District's:
(1) registration requirement for possession of firearms;
(2) prohibition on possession of handgun restricted pistol bullets; and
(3) requirement that, under certain conditions, firearms in the possession of certain individuals must be kept unloaded, disassembled, or with the trigger locked. Repeals the definition of restricted pistol bullet as any bullet designed for use in a pistol which, when fired from a pistol with a barrel of five inches or less in length, is capable of penetrating commercially available body armor with a penetration resistance equal to or greater than that of 18 layers of kevlar. Maintains the current ban on the possession and control of a sawed-off shotgun, machine gun, or short-barreled rifle. Eliminates criminal penalties for possessing an unregistered firearm. Amends federal law to eliminate criminal penalties for carrying a pistol whether loaded or unloaded in one's dwelling house, place of business, or on land possessed by such person. Amends the District of Columbia Code to extend to firearms generally (currently, only to pistols) the prohibition against carrying such a weapon either openly or concealed within the District without a license issued pursuant to D.C. law. Specifies exceptions to the prohibition against carrying concealed weapons in the District.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX]
• and 47 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]
  • Sen. Wayne Allard [R, CO]
  • Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY]
  • Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
  • Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]
  • Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
  • Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]
  • Sen. C. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
  • Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]
  • Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
  • Sen. Norm Coleman [R, MN]
  • Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN]
  • Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
  • Sen. Larry Craig [R, ID]
  • Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]
  • Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
  • Sen. Elizabeth Dole [R, NC]
  • Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
  • Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]
  • Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
  • Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]
  • Sen. Charles Hagel [R, NE]
  • Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
  • Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
  • Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
  • Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
  • Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ]
  • Sen. Trent Lott [R, MS]
  • Sen. Mel Martinez [R, FL]
  • Sen. John McCain [R, AZ]
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
  • Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
  • Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS]
  • Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
  • Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]
  • Sen. Gordon Smith [R, OR]
  • Sen. Ted Stevens [R, AK]
  • Sen. John Sununu [R, NH]
  • Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
  • Sen. Craig Thomas [R, WY]
  • Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
  • Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
  • Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
  • Rep. Roger Wicker [R, MS-1]
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1001

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March 27, 2007

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• Added to calendar on Mar 28, 2007: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 95..
• Mar 27, 2007: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
• Introduced on Mar 27, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.1399

Related Issue Areas:

• Criminal justice
• Ammunition
• Animals
• Armed forces
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• Assault weapons
• Civil liberties
• District of Columbia
• Exhibitions
• Fines (Penalties)
• Firearms
• Firearms control
• Hunting
• Law
• Licenses
• Local laws
• Machine guns
• Military weapons
• Municipal home rule
• Sentences (Criminal procedure)
• Sports
• State and local government
• Trapping
• Weapons systems

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August 19, 2008 A Letter From Senator Hutchison

In order to correct this inequity and injustice under the law, I introduced S. 1001, the District of Columbia Personal Protection Act, to repeal the District's existing handgun ban and to restore District residents' constitutionally ...

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A bill called the District of Columbia Personal Protection Act, HR 1399 and S. 1001, is available on Thomas. Prisons Desegregating in CA: As discussed in Lauren's blog scan, California prisons, where discipline is dictated by race-based ...

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July 31, 2008 DC City Pols…very short-sighted

For more information on HR 1399 and its Senate companion bill, S. 1001 by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.), please go to www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?id=72&issue=020). H. Res. 1331 would force House consideration of HR ...

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